March Madness is in full swing with dozens of colleges facing off on the court. Now, Legistorm, a go-to source for data on Congress, is giving us a window into the competition for college supremacy among staff on Capitol Hill.
The competition in both the men’s and women’s brackets comes down to Final Four faceoffs between large state schools, with D.C. neighbors Virginia and Maryland emerging victorious. (Cold comfort for Virginia, which narrowly made the field of 68 and was defeated before the first round even started.)
Data is from Legistorm, which collects education information from staffers directly and from social media and public biographies. The data (as of March 20) is available for about 12,500 of 16,800 current staffers in personal offices, committees, leadership offices and administrative offices. It includes those who earned an associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree. Staffers who attended a school but dropped out, transferred or had an unclear outcome are included in the counts.
In the case of a tie, the school with more lawmakers who attended for undergraduate studies, per Legistorm data, won the tiebreaker. If the tie remained, the team with the better seed in the NCAA tournament advanced.
